Use this poster to help students explore waterbugs – it has their sensitivity score.

It can be laminated (or similar) for reuse or printed and used as tick sheet for students.

You can use it to explore which areas the animals live in also! (Five habitats are marked on the poster).

• Activity Sheet, All, Catchments, Fauna (animals), Guide/activity booklet, Poster, Suitable age group, Topics, Water bugs,
• All Regions,

Find out all the facts about the introduced fish species in this factsheet

• All, Catchments, Fact sheet, Fauna (animals), Waterways,
• All Regions,

• All, Poster, Salinity, Teacher, Water Science,
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See the Wimmera Catchment with colour and clear outline of waterways and water bodies.

You can find a map of the Wimmera Catchment here – which is different to the CMA borders (a little confusing I know!).

• All, Catchments, Map, Type, Waterways,
• Wimmera CMA,

Make your own bug dial so that you can look at individual bugs and the way they move, their tolerance, where they live and special features.

• Activity Sheet, All, Catchments, Fauna (animals), Topics, Type, Water bugs, Waterways,
• All Regions,

Check out:

– where your local Junior Landcare group is

– how to get Landcare going in your school

– activity ideas (linked to the Australian curriculum)

– apply for grants

– how to guides for worm farms, frog ponds, enhancing habitats and more!

• All, Catchments, Flora (plants), Teacher, Website,
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Information developed by Melbourne Water about monitoring for the platypus. Lots of great information and potential posters for the classroom.

• All, Fact sheet, Fauna (animals), Suitable age group, Topics, Type,
• All Regions, Melbourne Water,

Find out all about how to create a frog friendly habitat

• All, Catchments, Fact sheet, Fauna (animals), Suitable age group, Topics, Type, Waterways,
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Use this information and images about water bugs to put each of the water bugs into the correct habitat on the  in-stream-habitat-poster or play a game of snap!

• Activity Sheet, All, Fauna (animals), Game, Suitable age group, Topics, Type, Water bugs, Waterways,
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Explore the catchments of Melbourne!

• All, Catchments, Map, Waterways,
• Melbourne Water,

Explore the Natural Water Cycle through South East Water’s interactive information and game.

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This game is educational and fun!

You have the following challenge: Water is scarce and needs to be shared around. You must deliver the bubbles of water from the river to the wetlands, farms and communities, whilst keeping the river mouth connected to the ocean. Control dam releases to quench the thirst of all your water consumers through the challenges of flood, drought, evaporation, seasonal changes….

• All, Catchments, Game, Suitable age group, Topics, Type, Waterways,
• All Regions,

• Activity Sheet, All, Fauna (animals), Suitable age group, Topics, Type,
• All Regions, Melbourne Water,

• Activity Sheet, All, Fauna (animals), Suitable age group, Topics, Type,
• All Regions, Melbourne Water,

• Activity Sheet, All, Fauna (animals), Suitable age group, Topics, Type, Waterways,
• All Regions, Melbourne Water,

See where Corangamite’s Catchments are… you might like to print this to put on your wall at school.

• All, Catchments, Map, Waterways,
• Corangamite CMA,

Find out all about the frogs and where you can find them, how to encourage them to your area and some rules around frogs too – Frog Info here!

• All, Catchments, Fact sheet, Fauna (animals),
• Corangamite CMA,

See the highs and lows of the North Central region and everything in between!

• All, Catchments, Fauna (animals), Flora (plants), Map, Waterways,
• North Central CMA,

• All, Estuaries, Guide/activity booklet,
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Find out all about the weird and wonderful details of all the water bugs with flip charts for each animal.

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Watch environmental change occur over a period of nine days at a drying waterhole at a public wetland located in North Central Victoria.

• All, Catchments, Fauna (animals), Video,

Fresh and Salty is a short animated film produced by the Wimmera Catchment Management Authority. Great for students!

• All, Catchments, Salinity, Video, Water Science, Waterways,
• All Regions,